Genesis 43:1

The land of Canaan was still not growing any food.

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In The King James Version

And the famine was sore in the land.

In Context

2And so when Jacob's family had eaten all the food the brothers got from Egypt, Jacob said to his sons, “Go back to Egypt and buy some more food.”

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Cross References

Genesis 12:10At that time, there was not much food in that country, and so Abram and everyone with him went to live for a short time in the country called Egypt.

Genesis 41:57All the countries around Egypt were having a hard time too, and when they heard that Egypt had food, they went to Joseph to buy seeds.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 43:1

Here the story of Joseph's brethren is carried on, and very particularly related. I. Their melancholy parting with their father Jacob in Canaan, ver. 1-14 . II. Their pleasant meeting with Joseph in Egypt, ver. 15 , &c. For on this occasion nothing occurs there but what is agreeable and pleasant. Read the whole commentary →

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